Even though the juried show is now no longer on the gallery walls (it is closed as of June 29th), we’ll continue to feature two images per week from EXPOSURE: The 14th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition until next Thursday.  Keep checking back to see an image per artist as well as artist statements and website links.

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LYDIA PANAS-”Family Pictures/Untold Stories” 2007-2008

These are family pictures.  Not the ones you find in a family album, but the ones we put aside.

The photographs are not always comfortable. They ask that we look deeper than the surface. They record the distances that separate individuals. They hold ambiguities and conflicts as well as expose secrets.

I invite families to pose for me. I feel deep affection for those who stand in front of my camera and tread gently with their feelings.  I wait until the face they present to the public is gone and try to photograph what lies underneath: the complex part we often don’t see about ourselves.  Though at times, I am unsure if I should continue, it is the job of the artist to expose and reveal.

My own feelings are uncovered in the process. (We can only see that which we recognize.)  I photograph so I can understand.

Lydia Panas, Tony and Maddie, 2007/ 2008, from the series “Family Pictures / Untold Stories,” C-print, 32 x 40 inches, courtesy of the artist

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